Profile

David C. King is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at The
Harvard Kennedy School and Faculty Chair of the Masters in Public
Administration programs. Professor King is the primary faculty
contact for students in the two-year MPA and the
one-year Mid-Career
MPA programs, for which he also chairs the Admissions
Committees. Professor King chairs Harvard's Bi-Partisan Program for
Newly Elected Members of the U.S. Congress, and he directs the
Executive Program for Senior
Executives in State and Local Government.

In the wake of the 2000 presidential elections, Professor King
directed the Task Force on Election Administration for the National
Commission on Election Reform, chaired by former presidents Gerald
Ford and Jimmy Carter. That effort culminated in landmark voting
rights legislation signed by President Bush in late 2002. He later
oversaw an evaluation and new management structure for the Boston
Election Department, and he served on the Advisory Board of
AmericansElect.org.

Professor King is the author, co-author, and co-editor of three
books, and he has published in a range of journals, including
The American Political Science Review, and The Journal of
Politics.

Research

Selected Publication Citations:

Academic Journal/Scholarly Articles

Belenky, Alexander S., and David C. King. "A Mathematical Model for
Estimating the Potential Margin of State Undecided Voters for a
Candidate in a U.S. Federal Election." Mathematical and Computer
Modelling 45.5-6 (March 2007): 585-593.

King, David C. "Partisan Mobilization Campaigns in the Field:
Results from a Statewide Turnout Experiment in Michigan."
Political Research Quarterly 59 (March 2006): 85-98.

King, David C., and Richard E. Matland. "Sex and the Grand Old
Party." American Politics Research 31.6 (November 2003).